New England District

The New England District is in the Northeast region and encompasses Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and Rhode Island.

Our active fleets are in Rockport MA, Duxbury Bay, MA, Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield MA, Cape Cod in Brewster, MA, Cape Cod in Harwichport, MA, and Lake Massapoag in Sharon MA, Lake Massabesic in Manchester, New Hampshire that is growing, and Spofford Lake in Spofford, NH, trying to make a go of it.

Our District Governor is Skip Montello from Rockport, MA, and the New England District is the home to FSSA Commodore and Web Editor Diane Kampf.

Mark and Stewart Taylor from Davis Island Yacht Club were awarded the Father/Son trophy for the best result in the NAC by a Father/Son team. Congratulations to Mark and Stewart and all the other special award winners listed below. Many of these perpetual awards have been donated by former members and their families to honor many special people and winning these awards is truly a privilege. Click read more to see the other 2014 winners.

Last Year's Fleet of the Year winner was Lake Norman Yacht Club - pictured Carol Claypool and Frank Gerry

Once again it's time to send in nominations for the FSSA Fleet of the Year Award. This prestigious award is presented to an outstanding Flying Scot® fleet each year at the Annual Meeting during the NAC. Last year's recipient was Fleet 48 from Lake Norman Yacht Club. Please take time to review the application available hereand submit your fleet for consideration! Information on where to submit the form is here. Good luck - it could be your fleet this year!

From Diane Kampf - Greg and I had the pleasure of participating in the 6th Annual Flying Scot Chaos Cup regatta at Quannapowitt Yacht Club in Wakefield, MA, on Saturday, October 19. the Chaos Cup has a long history at QYC, but most recently has become a Flying Scot regatta. QYC has a long history as well, being the oldest inland Yacht Club in the country having been founded in 1884!

Have you ever sailed your Flying Scot in the moonlight? It is an extraordinary experience to be on your boat at night with just the moonlight and Mother Nature to guide you. Our club, Massapoag Yacht Club in Sharon, MA, organizes two of these events a year, and although it is always a blast being out there with others, it does not need to be an organized or group event. You’ll want to do this on a night that has as close to a full moon as possible to get the best results.

The MYC 64th Annual regatta was held on September 7 - 8, 2013 with a welcome party on September 6, It was a great success with 17 Flying Scots, 5 Day Sailers and 24 Sunfish participating. It was a real family affair this year! On FS and Day Sailers, we had 5 father-son teams, 3 father-daughter teams, a team of brothers, 4 husband-wife teams (one of which were the parents of another skipper),. On Sunfish we had 2 mothers of other skippers, 4 fathers of other skippers and 2 grandfathers of other skippers. One family came with 4 Sunfish, 3 on a trailer and one on top of a car. We had decent wind for 2 days, although it was from the west-northwest, but managed to get in 7 races for big boats and 10 races for Sunfish! Another great time for everyone at MYC! Results are here